A student of the past
Attend enough motorcycle shows and the faces become familiar. It's the bikes that change and provide marvelous history lessons.
Admittedly, my knowledge of motorcycles was limited when I took up riding in the fall of 2004. While I certainly knew the difference between a Harley-Davidson and a BMW, or a Ducati and a Triumph, my knowledge of old models and/or defunct brands was non-existent.
Beauty and the BMW crowd
Back in college at Ohio Wesleyan University, I had an amiable, wise politics and government professor named Art Peterson. Dr. Arthur L. Peterson held an undergraduate degree from Yale University, a master's degree from the University of Southern California and a doctorate from the University of Minnesota. He lived on a farm outside of Delaware, Ohio, where OWU is located.